The upper bellows should be all the way to the top for a 50mm enlarging lens for 35mm film. If the condensers were in the wrong place, I suspect you would observe a similar lightening of both the right and left sides.
Does the enlarger have a built-in, sliding, under-the-lens filter drawer for 2" filters (in addition to the one near the condenser assembly and lamphouse for larger 5.5" filters)? Sometimes these get partially engaged and block the light on one side. The lower filter drawer needs to be completely in or completely out to prevent this.